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Here at Anything But Cute we love to see all the seasoned and expert mixed media artists, but we also want to encourage those who are just getting their feet wet. Our design team will always be on the lookout for these exceptional artists, and you just never know when we might be giving out something special to a talented mixed media newcomer.

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Monday, September 12, 2016

WINNERS - Challenge #16 - Shabby Garden Mood Board

Hello, everyone!! Lisa here and I want to sincerely thank each and every one of you who participated in our Shabby Garden Mood Board Challenge!! It made me so happy and inspired to see all of the creative and amazing projects you designed!! Wow, I had the hardest time narrowing it down to select winners!! I truly wish I could pick each of you...that's how fabulous all of your projects were!! But in the end, I decided on:

I fell in love with Samra's romantic, dreamy card full of gorgeous texture and shabby beauty!! It's exactly the kind of project I imagined when I chose pictures for the mood board!! The stenciled background provides the perfect base for the beautiful handmade flowers climbing up the garden trellis adorned with pearls!! The two-toned, hand-dyed ribbon is such a beautiful touch!! Stunning interpretation of the shabby garden challenge!!

Congratulations Samra! Pamellia will be in touch by email to send you a personalized winner's badge and to provide details about being our Feature Artist for the next challenge.

I could spend hours staring at Zub's amazing mixed media tag!! What phenomenal texture!! The colors she achieved with glimmer mist and ink sprays are so gorgeous!! The flowers, the pearls, the micro beads...everything blends together perfectly!! It's positively shabb-tastic!!

Nicola's card is delightful, there is so much to look at - the stencilling, the dies, the beautiful clay birdhouse and birds, the curled corners with wonderful little elements hidden under them, all pieced together to create the most wonderful garden scene!

This amazing and romantic altered bird house just screams shabby garden to me! I love the sweet text inside of the heart window and gorgeous crackle on this pair of birds. All of the layers (especially the lace "roof") are in perfect harmony.

This little gem caught my attention with the drywall tape that you can actually see and those little signs! Such wonderful layers and the blues with the whites are beautiful. I could sit on that garden bench for hours and listen to the sounds in the garden. Awesome sauce design!

I really loved looking at Joi's beautiful backdoor garden for it's beauty, but it also gave me such a sense of peacefulness, too! Don't you just want to step in and enjoy what lies within? Maybe some warm cookies fresh from the oven? I adore Joi's cracked wall, fence and cobbled path, the patina on the door, and her hand painted flowers are lovely, too!. She even shares her process on her blog, so be sure to stop over see her lovely artwork in detail.

12 comments:

Congratulations to the Winner, Runner Up, Favorites and Honorable Mentions! You all did an amazing job, and I love your takes on Lisa's Shabby Garden Mood Board! As always, it was so difficult to choose from such a tremendous group of talented works!

Thank you very much Lisa for selecting my card as a winner of your gorgeous mood board challenge! Thank you Branka for picking my card as your favorite! Congratulations to all favorites and honorable mentions. With so little time to spare lately I was happy to be able to support Lisa's gorgeous challenge :)SamraPaper Talk with Samra

Congratulations to all who participated in this challenge and deservedly won the preference of DTs, really beautiful work!Thank you, Niki, for choosing my design as their favorite, made me extremely happy! It is great incentive to always get the best of me!Thank you ABC for stimulating challenges and always inspiring projects!My best wishes to all of you!Marlei

Thank you Lisa for the inspiring mood board and Sara for imagining a visit to my back door where there are always cookies! CONGRATULATIONS to all not only the winners but to everyone who submitted such incredibly lovely garden projects.j.

It tickled me pink to see all these wonderful comments! You all deserve to be winners in my book, and we are so happy you and all of our followers take the time to create these wonderful projects and share them here! Hugs from the DT!

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We are a monthly mixed media challenge blog with a new challenge the 5th day of every month at 7:00 am EST.

We welcome all types of crafts - cards, journal pages, scrapbook pages, 3D crafts, canvas art, altered items and any other handmade paper or mixed media arts. We encourage crafters of all skill levels and styles. shabby chic, grunge, vintage, elegant, stylish, retro, you name it (unless the challenge requests a specific style). As our name indicates, the only style we are not showcasing - are all things cute and adorable.